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07/16/2024

Although Robert Preston scored a great success in the original stage version of the show "The Music Man," he was not the first choice for the film version, mostly because he was not a major box office star. Bing Crosby was offered the part, but turned it down. Jack L. Warner, who was notorious for wanting to film stage musicals with bigger stars than the ones who played the roles onstage, wanted Frank Sinatra for the role of Professor Hill, but the show's creator Meredith Willson insisted upon Preston. Warner also offered the role of Hill to Cary Grant, but Grant declined, saying "nobody could do that role as well as Bob Preston." Grant also reportedly told Warner that he (Grant) would not bother to see the film unless Preston was in it.

However... Despite winning a Tony Award for playing Marian Paroo on Broadway, Barbara Cook lost the role in the film to Shirley Jones. This because the studio needed a bankable star to open the movie;,and neither Cook nor Preston, though both Tony winners, were thought to be bankable. But Shirley Jones in 1961 was a box office superstar. a proven Broadway ingenue. and an Oscar winner,so she got the role.

Before starring in "The Music Man," Preston had not only never appeared in a musical before, he had never sung a note professionally before.

"Everytime I turned down something, or wasn't offered something I really wanted, the very next thing that I did was the thing I should have done all along. It's been a lucky career that way. Nothing that I've ever made really hurt me. I've survived some bad ones, just the way I've survived some plays that ran four performances."(Wikipedia/IMDb)

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04/27/2024

04/17/2024

Provided to YouTube by RCA VictorTheme from "The Mancini Generation" · Henry Mancini & His OrchestraThe Mancini Generation℗ 1972 RCA Records, a division of S...

04/17/2024

April 16, 1924: The great American composer, conductor and arranger Henry Mancini was born on this date in 1924! Mancini is best remembered for his film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His best known works include the jazz-idiom theme to The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme"), his "Moon River" to Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the theme to the Peter Gunn television series. The Peter Gunn theme won the first Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Mancini also had a long collaboration on film scores with the film director Blake Edwards.

04/08/2024

I was tremendously honored to attend a special screening today at the Pasadena International Film Festival of a film I had the honor to co-star in, CROSS, directed by Micah Williams Kelly. Micah is one of the finest directors it’s been my honor to work with - he has a clear vision of what he wants the film to evoke, the emotions, the images - and he lets his actors be true to their interpretations as well. I’m extremely proud of him. I predict BIG things in Micah’s future! I was also very pleased to meet Micah’s family and friends as well.

04/04/2024

04/04/2024

Brian asked for Doris Day's song "Secret Love" to be presented unedited...here it is in the highest quality available to me. --JL

03/08/2024

Happy Happy birthday to composer Bruce Broughton! His career includes winning more Emmy Awards for his music than any other composer (10 out of 24 nominations), being Oscar and Grammy nominated and having his numerous concert works being performed by the greatest orchestras worldwide! Take a moment to listen to one of Bruce’s amazing themes from… TOMBSTONE! (Man, this theme has hair on it)!

https://youtu.be/H_O_eWJi4Ao?si=Um5lKLiQ6YnF62Pi

02/07/2024

RED SKELTON'S RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT MARRIAGE
1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in California and mine is in Texas.
3. I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. She said "There are too many gadgets, and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was. She told me, "In the lake."
8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, "Am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said, "No, jump in!".
10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.
11. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was 'Always'.
12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.
13. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked, "What's on the TV?"
I said, "Dust!".
Can't you just hear him say all of these?
I love it. These were the good old days when humor didn't have to start with a four letter word or political. It was just clean and simple fun. And he always ended his programs with the words, "And May God Bless"with a big smile on his face.

01/30/2024

Day 11: I have been tasked by Cindy Michelson Klein to choose 10 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. Thanks for the nomination! One title per day for 10 consecutive days. The rules are album cover only; no explanations, no reviews.
I still have three albums I couldn’t squeeze into 10 days so I’m throwing them in on Day 11!
Each day I asked someone to join the fun, but today, three albums and three last invites. Paul Hefti, Bryant Byers and Jason Bennett

01/28/2024

Day 10: I have been tasked by Cindy Michelson Klein to choose 10 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. Thanks for the nomination! One title per day for 10 consecutive days. The rules are album cover only; no explanations, no reviews.
Each day I will ask someone to join the fun, and today I invite Joe Cornet

01/27/2024

Day 9: I have been tasked by Cindy Michelson Klein to choose 10 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. Thanks for the nomination! One title per day for 10 consecutive days. The rules are album cover only; no explanations, no reviews.
Each day I will ask someone to join the fun, and today I invite Curt Lambert

01/26/2024

Day 7: I have been tasked by Cindy Michelson Klein to choose 10 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. Thanks for the nomination! One title per day for 10 consecutive days. The rules are album cover only; no explanations, no reviews.
Each day I will ask someone to join the fun, and today I invite Russell Murray.